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The State of Our Environment
By Jeanethe Falvey, EPA State of the Environment Project Manager
Forty years ago, EPA set out to document the state of our environment: in photographs. In a historic project known as DOCUMERICA, the country’s best photojournalists were given a doorway and ran through it: into mine shafts, living rooms and factories. Those 22,000 pictures will forever depict the state of the United States when the work of the Environmental Protection Agency was just beginning.
When DOCUMERICA closed in 1977, so did the box which contained those faces and places. They would not to be rediscovered – or revisited – until now.
Through the end of 2013, it’s your chance. What you see can be a part of this unprecedented global call for photos of our lives and environment today.
What will State of the Environment and DOCUMERICA say about our past and our current quality of life? What challenges have we overcome and what signs today point to the challenges ahead?
That’s up to you. Join the 2,800 photos and growing that have been submitted to State of the Environment on Flickr. From sea to space and our earthen travels, this project is all about your view.
Take a photo of your environment and share it for the world to see. Read the State of the Environment blog and visit the State of the Environment Flickr Group to learn more.
via USA.gov